Use a Diaper Instead of Paper Towels to Clean Up Big Messes

As any paper towel advertisement will tell you, some messes are bigger than others. While every company wants you to believe their paper towels can handle the biggest messes, disposable diapers can handle the biggest ones of all.

Diapers are made to be more absorbent, more tough, and thicker than paper towels (for obvious reasons). Of course, parents need diapers for their intended purpose as well, but if you have extras laying around or (shocker) a child makes a bigger-than-usual mess, you could potentially clean up a mess with a single diaper that might otherwise take a ton of paper towels.